The effect of perceptual load on attention-induced motion blindness: The efficiency of selective inhibition.

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 885-907

  Hay, Julia L ^a   Milders, Maarten M ^a   Sahraie, Arash ^a   Niedeggen, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Inhibition; Motion; Perceptual load; Visual marking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; READING; RECEPTIVE FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; READING;

EID: 33746599993     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.32.4.885     Document Type: Article

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